In the meantime, Baltimore without Jamal Lewis (2,000+ yds in his golden year is a better resume than McGahee's) and without Adalius Thomas and without other more or less important pieces of their O are a contender, of course.
Obviously if you are a journalist and you want to show some balls, you must criticise. And the easy way to do it is to go against the Bills, or similar "small market" teams.
I'm still waiting for some journalist to say that the Patriots and allmighty BB did a stupid thing releasing all their quality WR, or paying a draft pick (if I remember well) for a WR then released. Someone even considered the late-season acquisition of Vinnie Testaverde a great move! Or some of them take responsibility for what they said in the last offseason about the Dolphins as 2006 contenders...